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The American flag is flown at half-staff, on land (or half-mast on a ship) when the U.S. or a state is in mourning, according to the federal government. The president, a state governor or the ...
Why is the US flag at half-staff or half-mast today, May 15, 2024? Peace Officers Memorial Day is May 15. Each year, flags are raised to half-staff from sunrise to sunset, except when the day ...
Half-mast is used when flag is flown from a flagpole, typically referring to a ship mast or similar structures, according to Federal Flags. Half-mast means the flag is flown two-thirds up between ...
Yes, state and U.S. flags were at half-staff today, May 15. Here’s why: May 15 is Peace Officers Memorial Day and May 12 through 18 is Police Week, and President Joe Biden issued a proclamation ...
The Finnish flag flying at half-mast after the 2011 Norway attacks The American flag flying at half-mast in Buchenwald, Thuringia, Nazi Germany, on 19 April 1945 after the death of US President Franklin Roosevelt. Half-mast or half-staff (American English) refers to a flag flying below the summit of a ship mast, a pole on land, or a pole on a ...
Gov. Lee's order requires flags be flown at half-staff at the State Capitol and all state buildings. Is it half-staff or half-mast? On ships and at naval stations ashore, flags are flown at half ...
Flags in Ohio are to be lowered Thursday in honor of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine ordered that U.S. and Ohio flags on public buildings and grounds be flown at half-staff ...
U.S. and state flags in Washington flew at half-staff Tuesday for former state Rep. Georgette Valle, who died July 10 at age 99. Gov. Jay Inslee issued the directive for the longtime King County ...